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{{Short description|Canadian politician}}
{{moresources|date=January 2024}}
{{Use Canadian English|date=September 2021}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2021}}
{{Infobox MP
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| name = George Russell Boucher
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| smallimage = George Russell Boucher.jpg
| constituency_MP = [[Carleton (Ontario federal electoral district)|Carleton]]
| parliament = Canadian
| majority = 
| predecessor = [[Alonzo Hyndman]]
| successor = [[George A. Drew]]
| term_start = 1940
| term_end = 1948
| birth_date = 13 December 1899
| birth_place = [[Dunrobin, Ontario]], Canada
| death_date = 8 November 1970, (aged 70)
| death_place = Unknown
| nationality = [[Canadians|Canadian]]
| spouse =
| party = [[Conservative Party of Canada (historic)|Conservative Party of Canada]] (Until 1945); [[Progressive Conservative Party of Canada]] (From 1945)
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| occupation = [[barrister]]
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'''George Russell Boucher''' (13 December 1899 &ndash; 8 November 1970) was a [[Canadians|Canadian]] [[politician]] and [[barrister]].

Born in [[Dunrobin, Ontario]], Boucher (pronounced like voucher, not as in the French) was elected to the [[House of Commons of Canada]] in an August 1940 by-election as a Member of the [[Conservative Party of Canada (historic)|Conservative Party]] to represent the [[Electoral district (Canada)|riding]] of [[Carleton (Ontario federal electoral district)|Carleton]]. He succeeded [[Alonzo Hyndman]] who died shortly after his re-election in the [[1940 Canadian federal election|March 1940 federal election]]. He was a member of the ''Joint Committee on Location of the Seat of Government in the City of Ottawa''. Boucher was re-elected in [[1945 Canadian federal election|1945]] as a [[Progressive Conservative Party of Canada|Progressive Conservative]]. He resigned his seat in 1948 in order to allow new party leader [[George A. Drew]], who did not have a seat in the House of Commons, to contest Carleton in a [[by-election]].<ref name="Citizen 19481029">{{cite news|title=Drew Will Seek Federal Seat in Carleton County: Boucher Will Resign In Favor of Leader|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=97IuAAAAIBAJ&sjid=JNwFAAAAIBAJ&dq=george%20drew%20wins%20carleton&pg=4028%2C7475609|newspaper=The Evening Citizen|date=1948-10-29|location=Ottawa|page=17}}</ref>
== Electoral record ==
{{1945 Canadian federal election/Carleton}}
{{CANelec/top|CA|19 August 1940|by=yes|reason=On the death of [[Alonzo Hyndman]], 9 April 1940|percent=yes|change=yes}}
{{CANelec|CA|Conservative (historical)|George Russell Boucher|6,045|80.30|+26.40}}
{{CANelec|CA|New Democracy|John Nelson McCracken|1,483|19.70|}}
{{CANelec/total|Total valid votes|7,528|100.0 &nbsp;}}
{{CANelec/hold|CA|Conservative (historical)|&nbsp;}}
{{end}}
==References==
{{Reflist}}

==Notes==
* {{Canadian Parliament links|ID=3544}}

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[[Category:1899 births]]
[[Category:1970 deaths]]
[[Category:Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Ontario]]
[[Category:Progressive Conservative Party of Canada MPs]]
[[Category:Canadian people of Irish descent]]
[[Category:20th-century members of the House of Commons of Canada]]

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